Colombia has escaped an outright ban from weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games but has lost five of its eight places earned through qualification.

nations - Thailand, Egypt, Malaysia and Romania - were banned from the delayed Games for having multiple doping

Colombia faced a similar punishment.But while three individual Colombian athletes are contesting their doping

has has come to an agreement with the International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping

The sanctions panel is currently dealing with the case of Vietnam which, because of multiple doping violations

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has announced a list of 10 track and field athletes who are set to compete as neutrals at the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo.

2020 under the acronym "ROC" as part of the punishments imposed on the nation for the state-sponsored doping

following the latest scandal involving the RusAF, which has been suspended since November 2015 in relation doping

cover-ups.The RusAF faced expulsion from World Athletics last year for obstructing an anti-doping investigation

of the ANA programme, following the unanimous approval of a RusAF reinstatement plan.The World Anti-Doping

Richard McLaren, the Canadian lawyer who has been given the job of investigating corruption within the International Boxing Federation (AIBA), has made a "call for action", inviting information from anyone who has been involved in the sport in recent years.

conference here, McClaren - whose agency Global Sport Solutions produced the 2016 report on state-sponsored doping

by Russia and last year investigated financial and doping irregularities within the International Weightlifting

In less than four weeks the weightlifting programme at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is due to begin.

Corruption, which detailed how more than $10 million (£7 million/€8 million) had gone missing, how doping

own Board.Among those who voted her out were a Thai who oversaw his Federation through two teenage doping

policy in the new Constitution and that now seems a given as the IWF has put all anti-doping procedures

violations, regardless of their complaints about culpability.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), when

it was consulted, questioned the need for "systemic doping" to be a provision in the new Constitution

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board has stepped aside after being charged with doping

was also charged by the International Testing Agency (ITA) after an eight-month investigation into doping

violation of a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)".The CAS case involved the World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).In its ruling CAS stated that no "representatives

banned from Tokyo because of doping.Intarat, who was in charge of weightlifting in Thailand during doping

Paris 2024 is under threat unless it takes a new direction in governance and cleans up its horrendous doping

Roy Jones Jr, the multiple world boxing champion who was notoriously cheated out of the 1988 Olympic light middleweight title, made an emotional pledge here to help the new leadership of the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) in sweeping reforms that include an investigation into rigged judging.

earlier this month with investigating the refereeing scandal whose forensic examination of Russian doping

Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Samuelsson has been named as one of the International Biathlon Union’s (IBU) 15 new athlete ambassadors.

12.5km pursuit silver.The five-time world medallist, an outspoken critic of the IBU during the Russian doping

The Biathlon Integrity Unit handles all integrity matters in biathlon, including anti-doping, betting

This Wednesday (June 30) will see Member Federations of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) gather for the first time as a group since 2019, they do so to seek to approve reform of the constitution of the IWF.

Ursula Papandrea, Intarat Yodbangtoey and Mike Irani- three widespread investigations by the World Anti-Doping

the constitution needs to advance the sport in 4 key areas:-           Anti-Doping

sanctioned Federations.We see Hasan Akkus and (again) Nicu Vlad currently facing long term personal doping

amendment from the United States of America, first put forward in 2018, links voting rights to anti-doping

Board, who already showed they will not commit by rolling back areas of Section 12 of the IWF Anti-Doping

President of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) three days after being charged with a serious anti-doping

from several National Federations for him to step down.Akkus, from Turkey, was caught up in the latest doping

troubled sport last week when he was accused of tampering with results management.The ITA investigated doping

IWF officials charged by the ITA in a damning report ©ITARussia has served suspensions for multiple doping

has been accused of state-sponsored doping.Agapitov, who is an IWF Executive Board member, served a doping

offences.He was chair of the IWF Anti-Doping Committee at the time of the alleged offences, which came

The World Draughts Championship is set to get underway in Tallinn in Estonia, with 40 players due to compete in the men's competition and 16 in the women's at Hotel Viru.

Russian players - will be under the Russian Draughts Federation banner, in line with the World Anti-Doping

Agency's sanctions against Russia because of the doping scandal, which include competing under a neutral

qualifying lists for weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 show that Germany has earned two extra places after doping

awarded an invitation place and he might get a further boost in the coming weeks because of possible doping-related

been provisionally suspended by the International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping

The current cleansing effect of the list is an absolutely good and important sign towards the doping

There must be no compromise - the doping nations and doped athletes must finally be held accountable

It was the only and right step to transfer the responsibility in anti-doping and corruption from the

In the wake of the latest doping scandal in weightlifting, National Federations have called for Nicu

Those involved in doping for decades and those tied to administrative malfeasance must be replaced by

to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games when they knew she was provisionally suspended for two doping

offences, was chair of the IWF Anti-Doping Committee at the time.Turkey, Aján, Akkus and Vlad facing

The anti-doping problems, the corruption and poor governance can all be tied in part to this enduring

A decade of doping doesn’t happen in a vacuum."

Defending champions United States and Canada will once again contest the final of the World Para Ice Hockey Championships after earning semi-final victories in Ostrava.

 The RPC, a neutral team from Russia due to the doping sanctions imposed on the country, will face

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has set his sights on competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after his ban for smashing a blood vial with a hammer during a row with drugs testers was cut to four years and three months.

Olympic champion Sun Yang has been ruled out of competing at Tokyo 2020 even after having his eight-year doping

failing to submit to sample collection by an athlete and tampering or alleged tampering with any part of doping

his career did not have the correct credentials.But the first CAS panel agreed with the World Anti-Doping

Agency that the accreditation of the doping control officer at the centre of the row, which led to the

Imagine the scene at the Tokyo International Forum on Saturday, July 31.

every single weightlifting medal ceremony has featured an athlete or a National Federation tainted by doping

, or the winner "only won because the best lifter was banned for doping".Lu makes the lift with that

currently comprises three members whose National Federations are banned from Tokyo 2020 for serious doping

, two more who could be excluded for the same reason, five who have restricted athlete quotas (yes, doping

figures with corrupt anti-doping practices, it revealed more information about the case of Rahimov.He